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The conservation status in 1982 of the Aldabra White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

N. J. Collar
N. J. Collar
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BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge CB3oNA, U.K.
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The Aldabra White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus is confined to Middle Island (c. 7,700 birds), lie Polymnie (c. 270) and De aux Cèdres (c. 80) on Aldabra Atoll (now a World Heritage Site) in the Seychelles. It uses all available terrestrial habitats, but chiefly occurs in scrub cover and particularly in the densest types, where leaf-litter (and hence litter fauna) is richest. Its extinction on Assumption, Astove and Cosmoledo is attributable to widespread habitat loss and disturbance, and to human utilization as food; the extent to which rats and cats affect the form, which is flightless, is debatable.

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Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 299 - 305
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Copyright © Birdlife International 1993

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